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A/N: Oh my, I realize how slow this story is going. I wish I could write it faster but… I can't! AHAHAHAHHAHA! I wish I could do, but nothing I can do about it! On with the story!

Chapter 5

"Chrno this is all your fault."

"I told you I didn't do anything!"

"You are so getting a punch when this girl regains consciousness!"

Chrno cringed as far as possible while still supporting the unconscious Azmaria. "For the last time, she just fainted on her own!"

Rosette rolled her eyes. "That's it, I've had enough. Chrno stop!"

Chrno immediately stopped walking. Both gently lowered the girl's prostrate form on the ground. The boy stepped back and Rosette knelt down beside her and moved her mouth beside her ear.

"WAKE UP!"

With an alarmed squeak Azmaria sat up straight. "Huh? Wha? What happened?"

Rosette sighed happily and sat back on her heels. "Me and Chrno have been carrying you around for the last ten minutes. Good thing you're awake because you're heavier then I expected."

Az blinked. "You and, and Ch-Chrno?"

She glanced at him, cheeks tinted red and eyes wide. Chrno just smiled. I don't want to make her faint again.

Azmaria looked at Rosette again, frowning slightly. "So umm, where did you plan to take me?"

The blonde shrugged and hopped to her feet. "Chrno wanted to carry you all the way to the police station, but-" She winked. "My way was more effective yes?"

Azmaria nodded vigorously. The thought of Chrno carrying her all the way to the police station made Az a little light-headed.

"Hey don't go fainting on me again now." Rosette snapped her fingers a few times before Az's slightly dazed eyes.

"Huh? Oh of course not."

Rosette stretched then offered the girl her hand. "C'mon, you might as well come with us. No objections right Chrno?"

Chrno shook his head and smiled at both girls. "I don't see the problem. So Az, want to come with us?"

The girls face turned from Rosette's to Chrno's then finally Rosette's outstretched hand.

"I would be glad to." She grasped Rosette's hand.

"Joshua you almost done this week's paperwork?"

Joshua looked up from his computer monitor. A man stood before him, one arm casually leaning on his desk. "Not yet Officer Gilliam. I have to say, they're really laying it on me."

Gilliam sighed and ran a hand through his short brown hair. "I know what you mean. I just finished all the stuff they gave me. It's a good thing that demons have stopped showing up recently, but now with nothing better to do all the paperwork comes to us."

Joshua chuckled quietly. "To tell you the truth I'm grateful. Rosette wants me to bring her with me to my next mission, this is the perfect excuse not to."

"Well that's good for you. As for me-" Gilliam was cut off as an explosion rocked the building. A woman screaming followed seconds later.

"Looks like we got our jobs back."

Joshua nodded grimly and stood up.

"Wow, what was that?"

Just a few seconds ago, a distant explosion had almost knocked the three off their feet.

Rosette looked down the street they were on in concern. "That sounded like it came from the direction of the police station. I hope nothing serious happened."

"We better hurry and make sure then."

The three continued their trek at a faster rate, all of them falling silent.

"Run for your lives!"

"It's a demon! It's a demon!"

"Ack! My leg!"

My baby! Where's my baby!"

"Look out for the demon!"

"It wants to kill us all!"

"Godzilla!"

Before the three could do anything, they were engulfed by a mob of panicked people. How they didn't hear any warning before turning right at an intersection was a total mystery.

"Rosette! Rosette where are you?" Chrno tried to yell above the noise of the crowd.

An especially large man barreled into Chrno and knocked the smaller boy clean off his feet. The massive press of bodies around him kept him from hitting the floor.

"Well this is certainly uncomfortable." Chrno muttered. He was lifted off the ground and was now squished between two very large men. He struggled in an efort to free himself but without much result.

"Chrno there you are!" A hand came out of nowhere and grabbed one of his flailing wrists. With a mighty jerk Chrno was dislodged from the crowd and into a pair of warm arms. Unfortunately (depends on how you look at it) Rosette tugged a little too hard and propelled Chrno not just into her arms, but also against her body. Considering he was about a head shorter then her this led to a very awkward moment.

"Oh there you guys are! I was getting wor-" Azmaria had luckily only been caught by the fringes of the crowd and had escaped easily. Growing worried she quickly went in search of her two new friends, only to find them like this. Rosette had her arms wrapped tightly around Chrno's head, his face pressed against her chest. Both were apparently too shocked to move. She froze one the spot at the sight.

Even the screams of panic and fear could not snap them out of their shock (Chrno's case was partly because of the lack of oxygen). Only when the mob finally passed them by, ending with a shuffling old man, did the two snap out of their trance, and Chrno back into semi-consciousness. Rosette slowly looked down at the mop of purple hair against her chest.

"Ahh!" She let go and pushed Chrno away. The half-conscious boy stumbled backwards and fell on his butt. He groaned and rubbed his lower back.

"What did you do that for Rosette?" he whined.

The blonde didn't answer and advanced on him slowly, fists raised in menace.

"Ack! I'm sorry!" The boy covered his head with his hands and shut his eyes tight, waiting for the painful blow. To his surprise and relief all that came was a gentle knock on the head.

"C'mon you dummy, we gotta make sure Joshua's alright."

Chrno opened one eye in disbelief. An offense of this caliber, even though it wasn't really his fault, usually earned a hefty beating. Rosette was just walking away and didn't even look back. She paused to grab the still slightly shocked Azmaria before continuing to walk calmly. With a sigh of relief Chrno stood and dusted himself before following them. At a relatively safe distance of course. When one was dealing with Rosette, they better be prepared for any surprises.

Though she looked calm and composed on the outside, Rosette's insides were warm and churning. It took all her will power and more to stop herself from turning red. It was just an accident. I'm sure Chrno didn't do it on purpose. Anyway it doesn't mean anything, right? RIGHT? Her metal speech become strangely shrill, Rosette used her back up fantasy to make everything better, in her head at least. Oh, Prof. Remington I didn't see you there! Oh sir we shouldn't, I mean you're my teacher. Well if you insist…

Azmaria looked at Rosette with worry as she started to giggle while murmuring the name of their exorcism teacher over and over again. The young girl didn't have many friends and it would be a shame if her new one turned out to be mentally unbalanced.

"Umm Rosette are you alright?" She asked timidly.

"Huh? Oh yeah I am." She quickly wiped off a trickle of drool coming from the corner of her mouth.

A blast rocked the road and the two girls fell. Well to put it more accurately Rosette fell while still holding Azmaria's hand so she ended up dragging the younger girl down with her. Chrno anxiously ran towards them.

"Are you two okay?"

The sound of another explosion and a large burst of energy lit up the sky. Eyes wide Rosette scrambled up and ran in the direction where the disturbance originated leave the other two behind. Chrno called to stop but either the blonde couldn't hear him or wouldn't listen.

"Joshua!" the girl cried as she reached the end of the street and turned the corner, out of sight.

A/N: OMG this chapter was totally crap! I am so sorry for my lack of proper grammar, vocabulary and writing skills! Oh, but please review still, lol.